Emotions:
In recent days and weeks, the 3 most predominant inner feelings I have been experiencing are:
1. feelings of hopelessness - why bother? who cares?
2. frustration - if I could just get started
3. overwhelmed - it's never going to happen.
I am a Class A procrastinator. I can put off anything. Seriously. If I don't want to own up to it, I'm the world's best deflector. At some point (like, now), I am going to have to look it in it's beady little eyes and just face it. I'm working on that.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
No one is going to shag you if you cry all the time.
I cannot believe I looked right at my Transformation book and walked out the back door without it. I'll post the second question/survey thing when I get home tonight.
I ran out to Office Depot last night only to run into someone I knew a LONG time ago. He recognized me and we chatted for about 17 seconds. Remind me never to go back in there again.
I had a good breakfast - whole wheat lite toast w/Naturally More PB, chia and a sliced banana. Yummy. But I'm mindlessly snacky today. Boo.
Off to eat lunch (egg salad on high fiber, loads of veggies, grapes and an orange) and read. Enjoy the day!
I ran out to Office Depot last night only to run into someone I knew a LONG time ago. He recognized me and we chatted for about 17 seconds. Remind me never to go back in there again.
I had a good breakfast - whole wheat lite toast w/Naturally More PB, chia and a sliced banana. Yummy. But I'm mindlessly snacky today. Boo.
Off to eat lunch (egg salad on high fiber, loads of veggies, grapes and an orange) and read. Enjoy the day!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Chapter 1 - Base and Summit - Heart & Soul
Heat and Soul:
Having looked inward to do some soul-searching, 3 heartfelt reasons for making the decision to transform my health and life are:
1. I want to be healthy for my family so we can be more active and fill our lives with living and not just wishing.
2. To feel like my days mean something other than "just getting through" each one.
3. To feel like myself again and to be able to DO what I want instead of just eternally planning but never doing.
I have a long list of WHY's.:
to be more active
to go up stairs without feeling like I'm about to die
to run
to be happy
to live a long and healthy life
to feel good
to be an excellent example for my son
to know it really isn't too late to change
to experience everything I've wanted to do - but have been too scared to do
Having looked inward to do some soul-searching, 3 heartfelt reasons for making the decision to transform my health and life are:
1. I want to be healthy for my family so we can be more active and fill our lives with living and not just wishing.
2. To feel like my days mean something other than "just getting through" each one.
3. To feel like myself again and to be able to DO what I want instead of just eternally planning but never doing.
I have a long list of WHY's.:
to be more active
to go up stairs without feeling like I'm about to die
to run
to be happy
to live a long and healthy life
to feel good
to be an excellent example for my son
to know it really isn't too late to change
to experience everything I've wanted to do - but have been too scared to do
Mental Housecleaning
I have decided that if I don't do something, then obviously nothing will change. Took me forever to figure that out - I must be really slow. Actually, I'm not slow. I'm just lazy. And I'm a terrible procrastinator.
So, all things being equal - I decided I needed something to adjust my head, because I knew all about the diet thing. I just continued to make crappy choices. So, I'm going to be working through a book, and posting my progress. It's 18 weeks long, and I'm going to work through the little exercises in the book online here, so I can go back and re-read or review if I need a little help. Please bear with me - it probably won't be pretty.
Today's lunch is tasty, I have to admit. I'm not a big fan of the tzatziki sauce - next time I'll make my own. But I tossed chicken tenders with Greek seasoning and let them hang out in the fridge. Cooked them in the grill pan and them diced them into small pieces. Stuff some (after heating through) into a whole grain pita along with a little of the (crappy) tzatziki and sliced cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes. It's good - and pretty filling. I also have some LF cottage cheese and pineapple, for snack later. And a little honey roasted turkey and ultra thin sliced swiss cheese. I can grab a piece of fruit to go along with a need another snacky.
I'm happy with my preparations for lunch today. Breakfast was hard - I can never decide what to eat. I ended up with 1/2 C low fat cottage cheese and a 1/4 C pineapple pieces on top. Maybe tomorrow it'll be Golden Pancakes from the Eating for Life book. Love those things.
So, all things being equal - I decided I needed something to adjust my head, because I knew all about the diet thing. I just continued to make crappy choices. So, I'm going to be working through a book, and posting my progress. It's 18 weeks long, and I'm going to work through the little exercises in the book online here, so I can go back and re-read or review if I need a little help. Please bear with me - it probably won't be pretty.
Today's lunch is tasty, I have to admit. I'm not a big fan of the tzatziki sauce - next time I'll make my own. But I tossed chicken tenders with Greek seasoning and let them hang out in the fridge. Cooked them in the grill pan and them diced them into small pieces. Stuff some (after heating through) into a whole grain pita along with a little of the (crappy) tzatziki and sliced cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes. It's good - and pretty filling. I also have some LF cottage cheese and pineapple, for snack later. And a little honey roasted turkey and ultra thin sliced swiss cheese. I can grab a piece of fruit to go along with a need another snacky.
I'm happy with my preparations for lunch today. Breakfast was hard - I can never decide what to eat. I ended up with 1/2 C low fat cottage cheese and a 1/4 C pineapple pieces on top. Maybe tomorrow it'll be Golden Pancakes from the Eating for Life book. Love those things.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Way Too Much Going On
So.......where has the time gone??
Short update:
Hubs ended up in the Heart Institute of our local hospital for 3 days. 2 scans, an ultrasound, 1 stress test and finally 1 heart catheter later we discovered he doesn't have anything wrong with him except high blood pressure. He's on meds and it's coming down nicely.
I, too- have it and decided that I may want to actually do something as soon as possible so I trotted off to the doctor. I'm now on the same meds Hubs is on, but a lower dose. Fun times.
Looks like I am completely out of excuses, eh?
Short update:
Hubs ended up in the Heart Institute of our local hospital for 3 days. 2 scans, an ultrasound, 1 stress test and finally 1 heart catheter later we discovered he doesn't have anything wrong with him except high blood pressure. He's on meds and it's coming down nicely.
I, too- have it and decided that I may want to actually do something as soon as possible so I trotted off to the doctor. I'm now on the same meds Hubs is on, but a lower dose. Fun times.
Looks like I am completely out of excuses, eh?
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